france pushes to retake mali from islam as militants as battles rage across the country while the number of victims in algerian hostage crisis triggered by the campaign rises to forty eight. president barack obama facially begins his second term in office was that manny waiting to see if you will deliver on numerous promises on domestic and foreign issues. japan warrants china over its naval presence near disputed islands in the east china sea as beijing slams washington stance on the territorial conflict.

watching r.t. coming to live from moscow nine am and the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program twenty five more bodies have been found in the wake of the old jury and desert hostage crisis bringing the total number of confirmed victims to forty eight jarius as they have arrested five suspected islamised attackers after earlier reports that all thirty two militants have been killed in the operation to and the siege manty foreign nationals still remain on account of work as the search for bodies in the so hard gas plant facility continues al qaeda linked group claimed they are behind the attack which they say is in revenge for french intervention in neighboring mali heavily armed insurgents raided the plant on wednesday with an initial jury in response drawing criticism from western nations as our only boy who reports the campaign of mali which sparked a high. after situation appears to be

a part of the french geopolitical agenda. we do always but it's terrorism was about to overwhelm the friendly country the terrorism that threatens not just all of west africa but also the entire world. he's vowed that france won't stop its intervention in mali until islamic extremism in the country is stamped out the military has announced that it's going to be sending more troops but the total set to exceed two hundred thousand a stated goal to help the government in bamako drive out his list insurgents before the francoise alarms talk of freedom and democracy critics say the french government you see as a for the military offensive could be linked to other elements u.a.d. of these fronts. many people say a huge cost is a huge factor in its economy and it's something that not only mali but specifically niger and other neighboring parts where the tourist people reside. sits on top of

almost every single light bulb in france runs on electricity generated by nuclear power power relies on a steady flow of pure rainy i'm so you don't have to be a nuclear physicist to figure out that to keep all these bright lights on the french government depends on a steady flow of the precious natural resource but molly says micio learned is not about power or money so that you know security this is nothing to do with any political issue from a different time if we are defending a government or business interests which government which business. some have their suspicions nationally supported approach energy company. is about to finish the second largest ukrainian mining plant in the world next to mali every year the cars. if you expected this is going to be very cheap as it

were very cheap credit to play a very dangerous game and after the french military offensive reportedly sparked a deadly hostage crisis in algeria light bulbs are beginning to go off in the heads of ordinary citizens to pull out almost. for intervention if it is to fight terrorism but it's got to be for good reasons not that it's for raw materials that are in mali gas oil diamonds and gold already when there's a girl to prefer they don't think about the well we have made paris a huge target and france a target for terrorism. at least but with the prospect of untapped natural resources needed to keep fronts illuminated political analysts say that fronts promise to stop playing big brother to former colonies isn't going to be fulfilled any site see playboy see paris. france meanwhile says

it's aiming to retake all of mali by driving out islam is from the west african nation of this as the french military carry out airstrikes on rebel targets on the regions of team book to and go the town of meanwhile has not been fully liberated with french troops moving in to secure a key location in central mali more ground forces have also entered a nearby town in a push towards the islamist controlled north while only around one hundred soldiers from the african led contingent have arrived so far out of nearly six thousand set for deployment international relations professor mark almond says the current situation in mali is a result of the french led libya intervention and will lead to further chaos across the region. we're getting a kind of and i would add to this problem a kind of back or from that intervention because you have not ordered through what's going to happen if you. overthrow gadhafi but you don't actually put

anything stable in its place quite culture chaos spreads and similarly in mali the argument is that france is intervening to stop us but the risk must be from what we've seen with interventions before that the french intervention actually tend to send ripples of disorder further around the region and nobody seems to think that perhaps organized groups can come from some of the mali it seems they came across the nearby libyan border libya is as i say central to all this problem because all the plot of weapons that's been produced by the quotes the gadhafi regime but also the complete failure to establish any kind of real state you have essentially the world's operating in different parts of libya. barack obama is now officially beginning his second presidential term after being sworn in now the white house on monday he's expected to spell out his vision for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises he so far it fails to keep our g.'s going to check our reports from washington. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s.

president on walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue word that issue suppose this election has on tied his hands we don't have a crystal ball to tell you what he's going to do with those pre-presidential hands but we may already see signs of what is to come president obama steps into his second term carrying a heavy load of promises and want to cut the growth of jewish an advantage over the next ten years we've got to cut the deficit by four trillion dollars over the next gen years so long as i'm commander in chief we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known along with the pledges comes the threat of another devastating war in the middle east for four years president obama pushed to a great extent by israel has to at war with iran i will take no options off the

table and i mean what i say. some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against a strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama administration will be less warmongering towards you weren't but two of the country's leading middle east experts aren't convinced i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table coming out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue what many of the covert programs of course are drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for. coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of president obama's targeted assassinations program. is a point of push the notorious war on terror in

a different perspective and shows that it's far from over they want wars that will not redound against them at home politically so they don't want any more body bags they don't want more american troops killed to the extent they want to prevent that they want to have all the soldiers sitting in alexandria virginia or los angeles or whatever and running the drones that are killing people whether it's afghanistan or yemen or iran or you know were else however over the next four years the administration's reach will extend far beyond the middle east as it is said to continue its pivot to asia as well as building a missile shield provocatively close to russia's borders last year in a hot mike moment president obama told russia's made that inventive that in his second term he'd be more flexible to discuss moscow's close serves. but it could turn out to be flexibility even words only rather than actions he

believes russia is still opposed to it still sees it as and we're just going to go ahead. while president obama may have more control over foreign policy domestically there is a greater chance of his agenda getting bogged down in congress like gun control and the executive orders are useless and legislative proposals and i suspect will not pass in this country i don't think it's in the offing and you were in the near future because we are a culture that is very deeply. in love with our guns in the last four years congress more than was attempted to sabotage the president on key economic issues including reaching a last minute deal as the country teetered on the edge of fiscal cliff presidents who have trouble with congress like to do international things because they have to worry about congress much less the president's actions so far have shown little possibility that in the next four years he will be any more. simple on major

foreign policy initiatives as far as the mess that many doubt whether he's never ending battle with congress will allow him to move significantly beyond inspiring speeches in washington and kind of. now with obama given a second chance at a change james lark a former head of america's libertarian party believes any help for it is futile i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit for united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic system where he should regardless of what president obama. was efforts of stimulus and b. . in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slowed down the american way with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs over the nomination hey goal by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be whether it's

a program of using drones the hour it has on the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not sick or sanguine about the prospects or or toward the united states being a country which basically respects international we and also desires we respect the liberties of our own people. now still ahead for you this hour damascus calls on the syrian opposition to lay down arms the country's minister needs preconditions for talks while the opposition coalition seeks more backing to form a transitional government. running for your life later on we have a story half naked man who fell from a train in the middle of a frozen siberian forest and managed to survive.

japan's foreign ministry has lodged an official protest with china after three of the chips were sided in the east china sea near disputed islands it comes after beijing slammed washington's position on the conflict urging it to be careful with its words and maintain peace in the region the u.s. warned its against any action that would undermine japanese administration on the territories at the same time secretary of state hillary clinton said it doesn't take on who has sovereignty over the islands china senshi ups and planes to the area claiming it's exercising normal jurisdiction in its waters and airspace japan in turn set of may fire warning shots for an aircraft violating what it sees as

a stare toward the founder of international strategic alliances george who says it's the us and japan who ask awaiting the tension about us has this role of being the policeman around the world that spreading the military forces all around the world now can they afford it but that's a different question because it seems like in order to do to meet their military budget which is a very increasing they're probably going to have to borrow the money and most likely they'll be borrowing the money from the chinese to. been. asking japan to recognize and negotiate rather than rushing ratcheting up the tension of course japan and inviting electing it's not going to help because it is very well known. in this particular situation and the u.s. for its own strategic reasons view japan as to prefer ally and that's what's

continue to create this friction but i'm not sure that i think cooler heads will will come and not go to war over these little specks of violence certainly china has never been. the aggressor in terms of in terms of these disputes. syria's opposition coalition is struggling to form an interim government to have a group has flown to qatar trying to secure promises of financial aid for it and rebel held areas the opposition is mulling the idea of a governments in exile with differences remaining over who should lead the new executive is this a serious foreign minister has called and asked its opponents to lay down arms and start a national dialogue the opposition groups that would jack earlier calls for talks seeking more support from their western arab backers instead political analysts they are shah's name says the syrian opposition is incapable of forging a united front. you know. some elements.

into a group. there and in syria reelections true. and then you have been written strongest when he. or in syria which you need most and brother who is on their. own the news when you go for mission. in the home of times in the in the rebel forces. in syria like being a free syrian army. and then you had to be a new structure on another you had these and these limits fighters that are closer to one kind. that would ensure the secular bylines or for their members of your positions so really we speak the fault lines the political punch lines in the opposition lane so there will be recounts miles of d.c. the only thing they haven't come now is and they want to remove the government in

damascus. now israel it seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots for money as government awards bonus high school teacher is who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service call for war and that had to r.t. dot com. also online europe in the case to in snow as extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flights canceled across the continent. what mistry is hidden deep the nice. says it is a north welcome here. traps laid for intruders. and the supernatural cannot

rise from nowhere. can a human be possessed by the water spirit. mistress of the cave on auntie. wealthy british style. that's not on the title. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons are there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our.

it will. cut. cut. cut. throat. welcome back you're watching r t live from moscow now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world these are the latest pictures from a gun battle that is raging and the afghan capital kabul on a road leading to the parliament building this fall is a multiple suicide bomb attack at the city's traffic apartment next to the border police headquarters witnesses say the assault was followed by several other blasts

and gunfire with smoke seen billowing from the scene taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and it's not immediately clear if there were any casualties in the assault. and this comes as a record claims that afghan security forces torture nearly a third of all detainees transferred to their control by u.s. forces according to the us a statement says kabul was operating secret signs for the abuse of prisoners to avoid international scrutiny you had of the full nato was drawl the allegations could hinder plans for a full handover of security responsibilities to afghan forces by twenty fourteen. the ruling coalition of german chancellor angela merkel has been defeated in crucial regional elections with a center left opposition winningest in victory the outcome of the ballot in lower saxony is seen as a final rehearsal for the parliamentary election in september merkel is seeking a third term in office and despite a set back still enjoys popularity in the country's other post.

work house has been set on fire in the egyptian city of alexandria following day long clashes between riot police and protesters demonstrators were demanding justice in the trial of former security officers accused of killing storing the twenty eleven uprising violence first erupted when the presiding judge abruptly resigned without carrying out his duties. as well president of a child is reported to be gaining strength and recovering well following a respiratory complications after cancer surgery that's according to vice president nicolas maduro maduro says he met with the leader and discussed important issues of state charges should have taken his eye with the order to end of january but that's now been seen in public since his latest operation in mid december prompting outrage from the opposition demanding new elections. now ahead of the twenty second of january election manny israelis who used to support prime minister

benjamin netanyahu are changing their minds now viewed by many as not being radical enough although still expected to return to office netanyahu is likely to lose votes to his former right wing allies at our disposal here in our ports. he's the surprise success story of israel's election campaign and one twin millionaire who says a palestinian state would be suicide for israel naftali bennett used to work for prime minister netanyahu but now he's working at taking supporters away from him like this man who used to be a diehard supporter of netanyahu so we could party until these elections rolled around the likud is. a bus full of right wing members of knesset with a left wing person driving the bus as far as being i mean. even though i am opposed to a state. i would say most members of the likud obviously a minute is for it the irony is that while the world sees netanyahu as

a right wing leader at home he's losing face among supporters for not being hawkish enough this is part of the right wing campaign he's up against there are some things we all know will never happen the sopranos will never return for another season. grow an afro and a peace agreement with the palestinians will not happen promises like this have put bennett's jewish home party in food position it's poised to take more than twelve percent of parliamentary seats analysts say little yahoo while still expected to serve another term is running scared he's up his rhetoric i say in the most clear of terms the western wall is not occupied territory i don't care what the un says we will build in jerusalem because it's our right netanyahu is we could list has grown even more right wing with radicals like this woman high up in the pecking order. but the league would retain a party is a party with values the state of israel is

a state of the jews whose eternal capital. but what will be the implications of such rhetoric after the elections many israelis are asking themselves. the day after will netanyahu become more rightwing and risk drawing israel into conflicts with its neighbors or will he back down and risk losing face among his supporters. is hoping for the latter that netanyahu will listen to world opinion and reach a compromise with the palestinians he knows all too well what the current cycle of violence can bring speakers daughter was killed in a suicide bombing seventeen years ago. that we don't have unfortunately in the center and the left a leader who is significantly charismatic to lead this country and give its people hope the left is also divided but i do think netanyahu will find a way to compromise because of world pressure but that compromise won't come easy enough to the bennett solution to the israeli palestinian conflict is to annex most

of the west bank while allowing palestinians limited self rule in the wrist and while that might not seem a possible idea to most of the international community it's exactly what his constituency wants to hear affect natanya who is acutely aware of the r.t. television. israelis will head to the polls tomorrow and we'll be keeping a close eye on how your life unfolds. how will change with to run develop will settlement expansion isolate can there be peace with gaza what's next in relations with america will netanyahu survive his snuff election on january twenty second. israel decides what arts are. now catching a train became a matter of life and death for one russian man who fell from his carriage and subzero temperatures in a siberian forest earlier it is time barred and told my colleague sean thomas the story. if we picture the scene we've got forty two year old valarie malkoff

a lorry driver in this train clickety clack ing its way through the forests to me and more region in russia's far east at night they decide to go for a cigarette nothing special so he goes to the vestibule at the end of the carriage smokes his cigarette and then as he stays went to open the door to go back to his carriage except it was the wrong door and he falls out the back of the train so he rapidly realizes that he is not just running to catch up with the train but for his very life we managed to talk to him earlier he was a little bit embarrassed about the whole thing when i learned i only had parents slippers in t. shirt but i ran for seven kilometers i didn't curse minitab didn't i just saw the train was gone so i came quickly to my senses and started running so they didn't freeze i ran on the railway track for about twenty or thirty minutes when i go to the nearest station their eyes are camped out after they saw

a man with almost no clothes on women who gave me tea and reported were just happened i didn't tell this to anybody my wife found out about the incident only after journalists called her i would imagine that the phone call he had with his wife after she had found help not from him but from journalists was possibly a little bit strange luckily he's ok no injuries no hypothermia he's back at work there will be an investigation into perhaps the whether the train guard had forgotten to lock the back door of the train which as we can see was a probably quite a big oversight if it turns out that that was what happened it's also possibly one factor that made him run a bit faster was that we've recently reported on or in the far east in siberia there's been quite a lot of problems with packs of ravenous wolves being there so i imagine if he had that in mind if you knew about that possibly something to spur him on a bit faster. and up next our special report on the spread of aids in america stay

with us. download the official application to your cell phone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch r.t. anytime anywhere. emission free accreditation free transport charges free. range month free. free. to tide free.

download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and a free media dog r.t. dot com you. choose your language calling the killer though in federal court today still someone. chooses the the consensus can. choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories get in high life choose b. access to to off. secret laboratory. was able to build a most sophisticated robot fortunately. in about anything terms mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care .